ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COUNTRY WE WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN BY ACKNOWLEDGING THE TRADITIONAL CUSTODIANS OF THE LAND ON WHICH WE WORK TODAY, THE WURUNDJERI PEOPLE OF THE KULIN NATION, AND THAT SOVEREIGNTY HAS NEVER BEEN CEDED. WE PAY OUR RESPECTS TO THEIR ELDERS, PAST, PRESENT AND EMERGING. ALWAYS WAS, ALWAYS WILL BE ABORIGINAL LAND. Been affected by the 2020 shitshow and need some pep? Hit us up at [email protected] to feature in our next issue. There’s a real joke that if the apocalypse But, as we all know, it’s been a clusterfuck. came, zombies took over and all hell broke Not everyone’s come through unscathed. loose, we’d be useless. Nothing to contribute. And it’s not because of their talent, No real-world skills, nothing transferrable to their drive, their skills or their incredibly help in times of need. Just a bunch of creative competitive day rate. It’s because of people armed with their crayons, looking a shitty situation that’s collected an like idiots. And there’s a grim truth to that. insane amount of victims. 82 We’re not really candidates for one of A scroll on LinkedIn proved just how ENTRIES those secret government hideouts where fucking dire things were. Colleague after they gather the best from all kinds of skill colleague, friend after friend, all suddenly sets to help rebuild society. Mostly because out of work, ‘looking for opportunities’, we don’t do science things and we’re not or at the very least seeing a drop off really huge on roughing it in the wilderness. in sales, bookings or gigs. The perfect summation is that we’ve got The shittest part was seeing it, and an office hammer (it’s the only off-screen not only feeling completely helpless, but tool we own), but it’s a novelty one with knowing that this wasn’t just a list of names. a bottle-opener on it. These are people we know. People we’ve And recently, we’ve had to come to terms worked with. People we’ve hung out with. 7 with the fact that when the chips are down, People that we ourselves would vouch for. CREATIVE INDUSTRIES it’s highly doubtful anyone’s going to need So we thought, fuck it. Let’s celebrate a logo for the side of their ark, or that the them, their work, and give some people zombie hordes will need a 360 integrated that need it, some PEP. And then we got digital campaign because they have low greedy and thought we should celebrate brand recognition with millennials. all the creatives in Melbourne (Naarm). The truth is, world events have pushed Like, all of them. Any skill set, any field our talents down the list of priorities. That’s how PEP came to be. Its purpose So when COVID-19 hit, we got to work is to look after our own, celebrate the our only hammer—drinking heavily. finest work in Melbourne, give out some It was terrifying to realise how fragile positivity during an increasingly negative 9 our lives were, and that in the space of time and hopefully get big enough to INTERVIEWS WITH no time at all, our livelihood could come need a launch party that warrants a beer UNIQUE PERSPECTIVES to a complete halt. We also realised that sponsor. A Melbourne beer sponsor. to truly give something your all, means So have a read, find some inspiration, making a conscious decision to not even find some new favourite creatives, hit them consider a plan B. That’s what our creative up and give them a share. Let them know careers had done to us. As it turns out, we you think they’re awesome. Buy a print, buy can’t complain. Our personal business will an artwork or an album, commission some A HUGE THANK YOU TO survive (statement true as of publish date), stuff, or at the very least, buy them a beer. PEP’S GENEROUS SPONSORS. and more importantly, our people, every single one of them, will stay employed. Art Film DANIEL RIGBY56 LYDIA GRACE 126 PARI CORBITT 8 ALEX CARDY 76 56 128 On how COVID-19 has impacted tattooing, fuelling J&CO On her delayed film premier ‘Bender’, ADRIAN WHEAR his creativity in lockdown and what the future looks like. turning passion projects into commercial DANI LAROSA 56 work and queer representation in film. SEBASTIAN JARMULA 128 SORCHA MACKENZIE 14 CREATE & CO 57 PHILIP BOON 128 On her process and practice, how the pandemic ROXANNE HALLEY 84 will shape the art industry, and what she’s been DAISY KANNIS 57 ZATHIA BAZEER 129 up to in lockdown. RYAN BRETT 86 AVALON MCWHA 57 BIANCA MURPHY 129 88 STEVE LEADBEATER 22 JIM MUNTISOV KATHLEEN PRENTICE 58 SARA UDUWELA 129 89 SAM KARIOTIS 26 MICCA DELANEY FLSY STUDIO 59 OLI WENSING 130 89 STEF HARRIS 27 SCOT EDWARDS JACQUI NORMAN 59 MATT SOLOMON 132 NICOLA & MARTINA 28 NICK CLIFFORD & Advertising ELISE TRENORDEN 90 PIER CARTHEW 133 ISABELLE SEETHO 32 ANGHARAD SIOBHAN JARRAH GURRIE 93 NEIL BAILEY 134 60 FITZGERALD TONY SIMMONS 93 MISS BOSSY BOOTS 134 NEAL-WILLIAMS 32 On her journey to Creative Director, launching Gaberish, and her new venture The Good Bits; Photography CARMEL GOHAR 135 OLIVIA WOOD 32 a good sex story platform for women. WREN STEINER 135 CLAIRE MCVEA 33 CHRIS TOVO 94 GUILLERMO On his award-winning exhibition ‘American African’, RYAN CREEVEY 136 JULIA CARVAJAL 66 the new studio and staying afloat in 2020. SCARMOZZINO 33 Music RAFAEL MARTINS 68 BRI HAMMOND 102 TRACEY MALADY 33 138 OLIVIA ROMAS 68 106 FELIX RIEBL CHRIS BUNJAMIN On his recently cancelled world tour, the 34 ‘Black Room White Walls’ EP, passion project ED BECHERVAISE 69 ANDREW BOAL HEATHER DINAS 108 Spinifex Gum and what’s up next. Design AARON LIPSON 69 JAY HYNES 112 JOEY COCO 146 38 QUAN PAYNE RUBY & LEE 70 THOM RIGNEY 116 On his time as a DJ, producing his first track, and getting On running his own studio, the future of brand and by while the Melbourne music scene is on pause. how the pandemic will shape things moving forward. Literature JAMES GEER 118 NOTE TO NOTE MICHAEL PHARAOH 46 MIKOLAI CHARLIE HAWKS 122 BOO SEEKA / HANIA SYED 150 72 CASEY SCHUURMAN 50 NAPIERALSKI MARC BUCKNER 123 ALICE SKYE / MELISSA TOH 151 On her journey to becoming a Lettering Artist, GOLDING / GENEVIEVE PHELAN 152 74 her ‘Type In The Wild’ collection and the role DOSSIER INDUSTRIES JONATHAN RANDS 124 KAYROY / OLIVIA ROMAS 153 typography plays in times of crisis. AUSTRALIAN TATTOOIST PARI CORBITT Design — Interview TALKS ABOUT HOW THE PANDEMIC HAS AFFECTED AN INDUSTRY THAT RELIES ON THE HUMAN TOUCH, AND HOW HE’S BEEN ABLE TO FUEL HIS CREATIVITY AND FIND PASSION IN THINGS LATERAL TO TATTOOING, WHILE WAITING FOR THE WORLD TO OPEN BACK UP AGAIN. DRAWING INTEREST On what feels like day 2,786 Pari, to kick things off, could you tell three years ago and met my partner of lockdown, I sit down to chat us a bit about how your career began, here, then started a life and have to Pari Corbitt, a Western Australian and eventuated to where it is now? been working here ever since. tattooist who’s now one of Melbourne’s Well around 10 or 11 years ago now, One thing I’ve done that’s of note most sought after artists. Of all the I took on a tattoo apprenticeship. over the years would be travel the industries impacted by COVID-19, the I’m actually originally from Western world doing guest spots, which a lot tattoo industry has arguably been hit Australia. It all started off in Perth, of tattooists do. I’ve been all over Europe the hardest. What Pari does literally I spent a few years studying visual and done a bit of the US. Anywhere requires on-skin contact that can’t be art, along with a year at Edith Cowan that’s overseas is exciting and always done from a 1.5m distance, so I’m pretty University studying graphic design. a highlight, and I’d give a shout out curious to hear what he’s been up to. All of that in its own way, informed to any convention that’s happy to host From drawing to investing to how I do things now. It led me to just an international artist. I’d say one gaming, find out what he’s done to hanging out with some tattooists, and part of my career I’m most fond of utilise his time, channel his creativity, then getting an apprenticeship. I just was the New Plymouth convention in and make some extra money while lucked into it really. I’ve mostly been New Zealand. It’s much less about the his industry is shut. in WA since then, working at various clients and more for the tattooists as a shops, but I’ve moved around here and get together. It’s kind of like a relaxing there. I made the move to Melbourne weekend away with tattooing involved. 8 From a practical perspective, things have changed so much. We’ve got to do contact tracing on everything, be hyper aware of where we’ve been, where a client has been, how many people they’ve been in contact with. People aren’t allowed to bring guests into the shop. We’re getting used to it now but compared to what it was prior to COVID, it’s still a bit of a shock to the system.